Emergency Management of the Coding Patient Cases, Algorithms, Evidence |
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| Author:
| Senecal, Emily L.
Filbin, Michael R. |
| Series title: | Spiral Manual Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4051-0455-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $44.99 |
Book Description:
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Emergency Management of the Coding Patient: Cases, Algorithms, Evidence offers students, interns, and residents an understanding of the protocols and procedures surrounding hospital codes. Concise, practical, and clinically-oriented, this book covers the basics of ACLS, as well as non-cardiac codes, and, more importantly, reviews the leadership skills, knowledge, and teamwork that are critical in managing these difficult situations. Coverage encompasses all the clinical...
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Emergency Management of the Coding Patient: Cases, Algorithms, Evidence offers students, interns, and residents an understanding of the protocols and procedures surrounding hospital codes. Concise, practical, and clinically-oriented, this book covers the basics of ACLS, as well as non-cardiac codes, and, more importantly, reviews the leadership skills, knowledge, and teamwork that are critical in managing these difficult situations. Coverage encompasses all the clinical skills required to run a hospital code, including suggestions for how to organize a code team; a review of essential equipment; cardiac rhythm strip interpretation; algorithmic approach to running codes; and administration of resuscitative medications.